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Ezekiel 15:5

Judgment

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

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BSB
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
KJV
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
WEB
Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”
ASV
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
DARBY
Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?
BLB
Behold, in its being complete, it could not be made for work; how much [less] when the fire has devoured it and it is burned, can it even be made yet for work!
ÅB
Mens den enda var hel, bruktes den ikke til noe arbeid; hvor meget mindre når ilden har fortært den, og den er forbrent! Kan den enda brukes til å gjøre noe arbeid med?
OTB
Mens den var hel, ble den ikke laget til noe. Hvor mye mindre kan den brukes til noe når den er fortært av ild og svidd?
B1930
Mens den ennu var hel, bruktes den ikke til noget arbeid; hvor meget mindre når ilden har fortært den, og den er forbrent! Kan den enda brukes til å gjøre noget arbeid med?

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 3:16

    And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

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